[PD-dev] svn:externals

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

One of the original goals of the "pure-data" common source code  
repository was to be able to easily find Pd code.  I think that now  
that there is a lot more development activity, I think that this no  
longer makes sense as a technique for cataloging code.  I think that  
a wiki page on puredata.info would make a lot more sense, or perhaps  
other things.

Now people are starting to use svn:externals.  I support the goal of  
findability; I do not think that svn:externals is the best way to do  
that.  I think svn:externals is a tool for very specific cases.  The  
pdmtl svn:externals was already causing problems because it uses a  
non-official TLS cert.  This can break autobuilds, for example, and  
cause lots of headaches and support requests.  I don't know of any  
other project that uses svn with svn:externals as a method for  
cataloging code.

So before we fill up the pure-data SVN with svn:externals links, I  
think we should make it clear what they are good for.

.hc


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